Album Notes

"Leaving Storyville"...my story

..."I got to a point in my life where I was tired of making myself, I was tired of being everything I thought I was supposed to be and still not being satisfied with who I was- not feeling like I could be myself. I was tired of my dreams completely overshadowing my reality.
I think God will let me be all that I want to be. I just have to leave this place in my mind and start living it, allowing Him who made me to complete me the way I was intended to be.
Storyville is a place of dreams. It's a place where I can be and I am all that I want to be - a hero every day of the week. It's a place where my life outlives my dreams - where I am never lonely, where I am the knight in shining armor and I am everything good I see in others. I have lived there my whole life...
But as good as I could ever imagine life it pales in comparison to what God has for me, in what He is making me... and in the end I still need a Savior.
Storyville is a great place to visit but I can't live here anymore- I get tired of living in my dreams. I'd rather live with my eyes open.
But I am grateful for the people who are there, the people whom I have met along the way - for the stories I have heard and told. These are just a few. I pray the Lord uses it to bless you and give you peace".

So this is me... leaving Storyville.


*** 2003 Independent Music World Series Northeast Semi-finalist
P.W. Gopal's "Leaving Storyville" chosen to be in the top 108 projects out of 1600 contestants in the northeast region of the United States.


ADDITIONAL REVIEWS:
www.melodic.net (Sweden)
"Is it enough for you to have one or 2 hits on a record,or is it enough with an album that will do just fine for background music at your home? Maybe it´s enough to have a party CD that works best played loud?...but if that´s not enough and you want something more, something extra, with music and words that give you something in return instead of the feeling of 2 hours of shallow entertainment from a Hollywood movie.
Nothing wrong with that and most of the times, it´s pretty nice to watch a big blockbuster movie but once in a while that one movie comes along that touches your heart and leaves you speechless afterwards like "Cold Mountain" with Nicole Kidman.
"Leaving Storyville" could also be the film that stretches out and reaches the depth of your soul and makes you think about what life´s really all about, but it´s not a movie, it´s a record from an amazing singer by the name of PW Gopal and how he sings!!!!........oh man, he´s like the Robert DeNiro of music........playing in a division by themselves.
To me, it really doesn´t matter if you´re into AOR, powerpop, midwest, modern rock or whatever style you come to think about because when it sounds the way PW Gopal does......it´s just too good to let it pass by!
Not many artists on cdbaby.com get only the highest scores from readers reviews but he did, just go there and check for yourself.
He´s the kind of artist that I love to see perform live when you just can sit down with a smile on your face and be embraced with a warm wind from the songs.
Call it worship, call it gospel, call it midwest, call it christian pop/rock coz yeah he sounds like a mix of Russ Taff and Jeremy Camp but I would like to call PW Gopal something more suitable......I´ve seen the future and the future is PW Gopal."


Pär´s OPINION:"Modern AOR with flirts of the modern singer songwriter scene is what were dealing with on the next record we review here at the melodic net. The music is a mixture of styles. Take a few ounces of an acoustic version of Whiteheart, mix that with a few spoons of Dave Matthews and spice it with a Bebo Norman, and were quite ahead of PWs music. Its a VERY well produced album and there are tons of hooks and refrains all over the album and Im sure than the main part of our readers will enjoy this album. (Perhaps not the punk and numetal freeks :-) - and I can only suggest that you surf to CD BABY and listen yourself. Favourite tracks are second out "One More Word" with a great refrain, fourth out "Rocking Chair" with a lovely vibe and "The Remnant" where you will hear what a GREAT voice the man has. And there are a bunch of other good tracks on the album. Weve heard it all before and PW is not unique, but we love melodies and well-produced music, and PW is very good at it. So take a listen now folks... "